AAA Study Found Electric Vehicles Range Lacking in Cold Weather

One of the drawbacks to green alternatives in automobiles is the extreme amount of amps it takes to run a heater than can compete with the heat given from an internal combustion engine.  The electric cars must drain the battery to run a heater, and according to tests, extreme winter coldness can cut the range by HALF.  What this means, is that it takes as much energy to run the heater as is does to actually run and move the car!  With the internal combustion engine alternative, the heater is run just fine from merely an offload transfer of heat from the cooling system fluid passing through a heat transfer box in the cab.  Compare that "free heat" to running COILS that glow orange with a fan to blow air past it in the electric vehicle, an energy cost you paid for the night before when you charged your electric car.  Like running 10 blow dryers at the same time to heat the car!! Think what kind of cost that is. I would think twice before using that kind of energy on myself for heat, because AFTER ALL, we would be paying for that car heat specifically, charging our hypothetical electric car right out of our own electrical bill for our home. Would you run 10 blow dryers at home to heat yourself temporarily in a small space that has lots of glass windows continually getting cooled by freezing winds against the glass?   In an electric car, that's what takes place. Your electric bill is going right out the windows.  In a gas powered car? It's a "free" heat, going to be used one way or another, so there is no additional loss from using gas.
"If an EV requires 40 kWh to recharge a fully depleted battery, and the rate is 18 cents per kWh, that's $7.20 for a fill-up. Depending on the Southern California Edison rate plan, a 2018 Tesla Model 3, rated at 26 kWh/100 miles, would cost as little as $1.56 for 50 miles' worth of power if home charging started at 11 p.m. Or it could cost four times as much, $6.37, if the car was routinely charged during peak hours." (source: EDMUNDS.COM) 

source: Ford.com Focus 

DETROIT (AP) — Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40 percent when interior heaters are used, a new study found.

“It would easily use double the amount of power for that 15-mile trip,” said Hughes, who owns four Teslas and runs a business that refurbishes and sells salvaged Tesla parts."
Electric cars are far more expensive than meets the eye. If you have PGandE in California for home energy, then you are going to be paying the absolute top dollar rates, making it potentially close to a $10/gallon equivalent in cost to run an electric vehicle, and maybe even more in the winter if you run your heater.  

It costs 12 cents an hour to run a blow dryer, up to 25 cents in high energy cost areas.  But to run a heater in a Tesla, for instance, this can sap your car's battery
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